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Ostracodes: Tiny recorders of Arctic ocean and ecosystem changes

Ostracodes: Tiny recorders of Arctic ocean and ecosystem changes

Ostracodes are small (0.5 – 1.5 mm), seafloor-dwelling crustaceans who are sensitive to different environmental conditions. Changes in the environment...

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Coring Expedition to Palmyra Atoll

Coring Expedition to Palmyra Atoll

Recently, a team of USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists traveled to Palmyra Atoll to collect sediment cores. Analyzing the cores and...

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Fire, Ecosystems, Climate: It’s Complicated

Fire, Ecosystems, Climate: It’s Complicated

USGS is disentangling the interwoven fire-ecosystem-climate relationship to better understand and predict how it will change into the future.

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In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

DENVER, Colo. — A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey and partners in the U.S. and Mexico lends new insight into the puzzle of monarch butterfly...

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President proposes $1.6 billion FY 2025 budget for USGS

President proposes $1.6 billion FY 2025 budget for USGS

President’s request to Congress promotes science to address climate change and natural-hazard resiliency while supporting national economic growth and...

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Climate R&D - 2023 Year in Review

Climate R&D - 2023 Year in Review

2023 was another productive year for the USGS Climate Research & Development Program! Below are some summaries and highlights of Program work from the...

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Important paleoenvironmental perspectives on modern climate change

Important paleoenvironmental perspectives on modern climate change

Many fundamental questions exist about how natural systems are responding and will respond to climate change. Our modern observational record (from...

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Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Title:  Ancient human footprints in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

Speakers:  Kathleen Springer and Jeff Pigati, Research Geologists...

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Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

When resource specialists with the National Park Service noticed some peculiar patterns in Ponderosa pine trees in their park, they sent out a call to...

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